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List of synagogues in France

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This is an incomplete list of synagogues, current or former Jewish houses of prayer, in France.

Name Location Built Architectural style(s) Status Denomination Image Notes
Amiens Amiens, Somme 2017 Modernist Active Orthodox [1]
Arcachon Arcachon 1879 Active Sephardi [2]
Beth Meir Bastia, Corsica 1934 Vernacular Active Orthodox [3]
Belfort Belfort 1857 Byzantine Revival Active [4]
Besançon Besançon 1870 Moorish Revival Active [5]
Great (Bordeaux) Bordeaux 1882
Active Sephardi [6]
Caen Caen, Normandy 1966 Active [7]
Guebwiller Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin 1872 Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival		 Active [8]
Hochfelden Hochfelden, Alsace 1841 Active [9]
Ingwiller Ingwiller, Alsace 1970 Active [10]
Lille Lille, Hauts-de-France 1891 Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival		 Active [11]
Great (Lyon) Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 1864 Byzantine Revival Active Orthodox [12]
Keren Or Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2015 Active Reform [13]
Great (Marseille) Marseille 1864
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
 Active Sephardi [14]
Or Thora
(maybe Or Torah)		 Marseille 1962 Former;
(now mosque)		 [15]
Neuilly Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine 1878 Byzantine Revival Active Orthodox [16]
Nice Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 1886 Byzantine Revival Active Orthodox [17]
Rouen Rouen, Normandy 1950 Active Orthodox [18]
Saint-Avold Saint-Avold, Grand Est 1956 Modernist Active [19]
Sedan Sedan, Ardennes 1878
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
 Former;
gallery		 [20]
du Quai Kléber Strasbourg 1898 Romanesque Revival Destroyed
Traenheim Traenheim Active
Liberal Jewish Movement of France Active Reform
Versailles Versailles, Île-de-France 1886 Romanesque Revival Active [21]
Vesoul Vesoul, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté 1875 Former [22]

In Paris

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Name Arrondissement Built Architectural style(s) Status Denomination Image Notes
Adath Shalom XVe 1989 Active Conservative;
Masorti movement		 [23][24]
Agoudas Hakehilos IVe 1914 Art Nouveau Active Orthodox [25]
Communauté Juive Libérale XIe 2006 Active Reform [26]
Don Isaac Abravanel XIe 1962 Modernist Active Orthodox [27]
Edmond J. Safra Synagogue XVIIe 2019 Active [28]
Grand (Paris) IXe 1874 Romanesque Revival
Byzantine Revival		 Active Orthodox [29]
Kehilat Gesher XVIIe 1993 Active Reform [30]
Montmartre XVIIIe 1939 International Active Orthodox [31]
de Nazareth IIIe 1852 Moorish Revival Active Orthodox [32]
des Tournelles IVe 1876
  • Romanesque Revival
  • Byzantine Revival
 Active Orthodox [33]
Union Libérale Israélite de France XVIe 1907 Art Deco Active Reform [34]

References

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  1. ^ "Synagogue d'Amiens – Lieu de culte". Lherm & Gallizia Architects (in French). 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue d'Arcachon, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. ^ "Beth Meir". Synagoges360. 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "La synagogue". Tourisme.com. n.d. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  5. ^ "Synagogue in Besançon". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  6. ^ "Bordeaux". The Cultural Guide to Jewish Europe. n.d. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  7. ^ Marie, Juliette (May 2015). "La tardive construction de la synagogue". Ouest-France, édition de Caen (in French).
  8. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  9. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue de Hochfelden, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  10. ^ Base Mérimée: Château puis synagogue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  11. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  12. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  13. ^ Toledano-Klein, Sarah (August 14, 2015). "La communauté juive libérale Keren Or s'installe aux Charpennes". Le Progrès (in French).
  14. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue dite aussi le grand temple ou la grande synagogue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  15. ^ Arbaoui, Larbi (May 6, 2016). "Muslim Association Purchase Synagogue, Converts it to Mosque". Morocco World News. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  16. ^ "Synagogue in Neuilly". Historic synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  17. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue ou temple israélite, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  18. ^ "Synagogue de Rouen - Eglises et patrimoine religieux de France". www.patrimoine-religieux.fr. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  19. ^ "Post-war Synagogue in Saint-Avold". Historic Synagogues of Europe. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  20. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  21. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  22. ^ "Ancienne synagogue cherche acquéreur". www.estrepublicain.fr (in French). L'est Republicain. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  23. ^ Gousset, Camille (July 9, 2018). "Cet été, les juifs de la communauté Adath Shalom célèbreront dans une salle paroissiale". La Croix (in French). ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  24. ^ Dorne, Marjolaine (January 22, 2009). "Prier ensemble pour la paix". Réforme (in French).
  25. ^ "Synagogue, 10 rue Pavée, 4ème arrondissement, Paris". parismuseescollections.paris.fr (in French). Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  26. ^ Edinger, Bernard (2008). "Europe Report: Flourishing in France". Reform Judaism magazine. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013.
  27. ^ "Isaac Abravanel (Synagogue de la Roquette)". Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux (in French). Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  28. ^ "Synagogue Edmond J. Safra, Paris". Selected Projects: Religion. Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation. 2023. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  29. ^ "Grande Synagogue de Paris". Paris je t'aime: Tourist Office. 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  30. ^ "Kehilat Gesher – Francophone-Anglophone Jewish Community of Paris". Networks Overcoming Antisemitism. 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  31. ^ "Rue Sainte Isaure Synagogue in Paris". The Center for Jewish Art. Foundation for Jewish Heritage and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. n.d. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  32. ^ Base Mérimée: Synagogue, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  33. ^ "History of the Tournelles Synagogue". Sortiaparis.com. April 12, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  34. ^ Herselle Krinsky, Carol (1985). Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning' (1996; Dover Publications ed.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. p. 253.
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